necromancy

Significado (Inglés)

1. (countable, uncountable) Divination involving the dead or death.
2. (countable, uncountable) Loosely, any sorcery or witchcraft, especially involving death or the dead, particularly sorcery involving raising or reanimating the dead.
3. (Internet, countable, uncountable) Synonym of necroposting.

Sinónimos

sorcery

wizardry

witchcraft

black art

black magic

incantation

conjuring

magic

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spiritualism

witchery

gramarye

haumaturgy

wizarding

dwimmer

jadoo

charm

execration

exorcism

invocation

jinx

spell

spiritism

Traducións

nécromancie

necromancia

negromanzia

νεκρομαντεία

nigromància

nigromancia

Nekromantie

Totenorakel

sortilège

Zauberei

fetilleria

enchantement

bruixeria

Geisterbeschwörung

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsi/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: nigromancye

In summary

Circa 1300, from Middle English nigromancye, from Old French nigromancie, from Medieval Latin nigromantia, from Latin necromantia, from Ancient Greek νεκρομαντεία (nekromanteía), νεκρός (nekrós, “dead”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Medieval Latin spelling, incorporating niger (“black”), influenced by the notion of black art. Modern spelling adopted in mid-1500s. By surface analysis, necro- + -mancy.